Some of the top college basketball coaches in the country, including Illinois State’s Dan Muller, have been offering guidance to other coaches at Illinois Wesleyan’s Shirk Center the last few days at the Illinois Basketball Association fall clinic.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan scored touchdowns on six consecutive possessions as the No. 14-ranked Titans rolled to a 42-21 win over Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday at Tucci Stadium.… MORE
Central Catholic scored 29 unanswered points during a second-half rally that was capped by a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown by Braden Glowacki in a 59-39 win at St. Joseph-Ogden.… MORE
Basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale brought his gift for gab to Pontiac on Thursday to help raise money for the proposed Basketball Museum of Illinois in Pontiac.… MORE
A pair of programs that met two years ago in the playoffs will meet for the first time in conference play in Friday’s featured game.… MORE
Graduate transfer Jerron Martin, a 6-foot, 175-pound senior guard, will continue his education and basketball career at Illinois State, head coach Dan Muller announced Wednesday.… MORE
Coach Norm Eash’s motto for his Illinois Wesleyan football team this season is ‘Sense of Urgency.’… MORE
After earning a share of the 2016-17 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship, the Illinois State men’s basketball team will aim to defend its title during the 2017-18 MVC season, for which the conference schedule was released by the league office Tuesday.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s Trevor Staley was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Football Defensive Players of the Week on Tuesday. … MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…